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Originally posted by ChrisBennet
I'd love to reduce our dependance on foreign oil because I believe it will have a direct result in reducing the number of Americans sent to the Middle East to get shot at - people like my brother.
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Chris, I don't think that's the way it works. If if the U.S. successfully migrated away from oil and depended on zero barrels of ME crude it would maintain a very active role in the ME. The loss of global power/leverage would be signifigant.